Siemens PC 670 manual Menu Power, Apm

Configuring the Computing Unit in BIOS Setup Release 04/02

5.1.4Menu Power

Overview

This menu has the following structure.

			PhoenixBIOS Setup Utility
	Main	Advanced	Security	Power		Boot Sequence	Version		Exit
	APM:		[Enabled]			Item Specific Help
	Power Savings:		[Disabled ]
						APM (Advanced Power
	Standby Timeout:		Off			Management) allows APM
								to manage
					Disabled
								if enabled
					Customized
					Maximum Power Savings
	Hard Disk Timeout:		[Disabled]		Maximum Performance
						Not valid for ACPI
						Operating Systems
	F1	Help	Select Item	+ / –	Change Values		F9	Setup Defaults
	ESC	Exit	Select Menu	Enter	Select	Sub-Menu	F10	Save and Exit
Figure 5-17	“Power” Menu

The Power menu offers a number of power saver modes for environmentally friendly computing:

APM	[Enabled]	The operating system can shut down system
(Advanced		resources when they are not needed.
	[Disabled]	The operating system is denied APM access.
Power
Management)
Power Savings	[Disabled]	No power-saving functions
	[Customize, Maximum Power Savings, Maximum Performance]

freely adjustable power saving

functions for maximum and minimum power saving functions.

You can set the parameters for Standby/Suspend Timeouts and Fixed Disk Timeout or they set automatically to their defaults.

Standby	[Off]	No Standby mode
Timeout	[30 seconds or	...minutes after your PC enters standby mode.
	1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16]

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